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Exploring Mount Everest’s Ice
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Exploring Mount Everest’s Ice

For one NASA scientist, studying one of Everest’s glaciers with satellites meant going there in person.

Published Aug 10, 2013

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Distinct Faces of Zmutt, Findelen, and Gorner Glaciers
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Distinct Faces of Zmutt, Findelen, and Gorner Glaciers

Colorful bands of debris coat the surface of Zmutt Glacier and Gorner Glacier in the Swiss Alps. NASA scientist Kimberly Casey has developed new methods to map their composition with satellites.

Published Jul 11, 2013

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Tracking Debris from the Tohoku Tsunami
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Tracking Debris from the Tohoku Tsunami

Computer models describe the projected path of objects washed out into the Pacific Ocean by the March 2011 tsunami in Japan.

Published Apr 4, 2012

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Russian Kolka Glacier Collapses
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Russian Kolka Glacier Collapses

on September 20, a hanging glacier collapsed onto the Kolka Glacier, triggering an avalanche of ice and debris. The avalanche buried small villages in the Russian Republic of North Ossetia, killing dozens of people. The source of the avalanche can be seen at lower left, at the starting point of a long line of grayish avalanche debris standing out against the bright snow and ice.

Published Oct 27, 2002

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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER
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Prospecting from Space Using ASTER

These images of the Saline Valley area, California, were acquired March 30, 2000, by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER).

Published Sep 8, 2000

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Landslide onto Steele Glacier
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Landslide onto Steele Glacier

Using seismometers and satellites, scientists identified a large landslide in southwestern Yukon.

Published Oct 20, 2015

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Stable Fedchenko
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Stable Fedchenko

Precipitation increases and a layer of debris on the terminus have helped maintain the longest mid-latitude glacier.

Published Jan 5, 2015

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Bhutan, Himalayas
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Bhutan, Himalayas

One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in this tiny country sandwiched between eastern India and the Tibetan plateau,

Published Oct 11, 2005

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Animating the “Karakoram Anomaly”
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Animating the “Karakoram Anomaly”

With satellite eyes, the complex motion of glaciers becomes apparent.

Published Jan 7, 2016

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Glacial Lakes from Retreating Glaciers
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Glacial Lakes from Retreating Glaciers

According to a joint press release issued by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the great majority of the world’s glaciers appear to be declining at rates equal to or greater than long-established trends.

Published Jun 4, 2002

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The Many Hues of London
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The Many Hues of London

While a typical digital camera takes one picture of a scene based on information from the visible spectrum, Landsat generates multiple views of everything it images.

Published Aug 1, 2012

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Activity at Shiveluch Volcano
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Activity at Shiveluch Volcano

Ash and debris continue to change the look of Shiveluch Volcano.

Published Mar 29, 2013

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